Winter 2012 ; Volume 16 ; Number 2 www.cfes.org

Over 300 people gathered at The Fountains Conference Center on November 2in Salisbury to celebrate the Foundation’s charitable leadership andaccomplishments during the past year.

The Foundation reported on its activities during the past year in supportof donors and nonprofit organizations on Maryland’s Lower Eastern Shore.The Foundation: • awarded over $4.4 million in grants and scholarships• distributed over $80 million in grants and scholarship since its founding

in 1984• awarded 1,048 grants to nonprofits and received $4.3 million in new

gifts during the past fiscal year• holds over 500 charitable funds that benefits the community

Don Taylor, Community Foundation Board Chair, presented the 2012Chairman’s Award to James R. Bergey, Jr., retiring CommunityFoundation board member.

Sponsored by the Maryland Governor’s Office on Serviceand Volunteerism, the Mary Gladys Jones Volunteer of the YearAward was presented to two volunteers: Albert Nurmi and JohnLeatherbury, Seton Center Volunteers.

The Henson Award for Nonprofit Excellence, sponsored byPNC Bank, was presented to the Delmarva Zoological Society, Inc. asthe region’s outstanding nonprofit organization.

The Community Foundation’s Frank H. Morris HumanitarianAward was presented to Gerald B. Truitt, Vice-President of Volunteers ofDeer’s Head, Inc.

The Annual Meeting and Annual Report sponsors include: PNC Bank,

Community Foundation Recognizes Local Nonprofit Agency and Three Humanitarians at Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon

Delmarva Zoological Society (DZS)representatives accepted the covetedRichard A. Henson Award forNonprofit Excellence sponsored byPNC Bank. From (l to r) are: DebiRus, Jennifer Joseph, PNC BankSenior Vice-President and MarketExecutive, Hope Morgan, JaneSeagraves, Cheryl Young, AshleyBosche, Amy Sevigny, JenniPastusak, Stacey Weisner, DZSExecutive Director, Joel Hamilton,Cathy Basset, Kim Nechay and EricJohnston

Mason Investment Advisory Services, Inc., BB& T Bank, Calvin B. Taylor Bank,Comcast Spotlight, First Shore Federal Saving and Loan, Francis Scott KeyFamily Resort, Pepsi Bottling Ventures, Raymond C. Shockley, and Pam andMacky Stansell.

Susan Purnell,CommunityFoundationBoard Member,presented theFrank H. MorrisHumanitarianAward to JerryTruitt

Albert Nurmi andJohn Leatherburywere recipients ofthe Mary GladysJones Volunteer ofthe Year Award

This issue of Pillar comes to

you during what is

traditionally labeled the

Giving Season. As we celebrate the holidays, we are

reminded of the importance of caring for others.

When we reach out to a family member or a

neighbor, we change their life and we enrich our

own. Our donors repeatedly tell us of the personal

joy and satisfaction they feel when they are able to

help others.

One way to get started on your own

philanthropic journey is with a donor advised fund

at the Community Foundation. A donor advised

fund allows you to make a charitable donation and

enjoy the tax deduction when it is convenient for

you. The donation is then held in the fund until you

decide how it should be distributed to charity. Then

the Foundation issues checks on your behalf as the

donor. You write fewer checks and your record

keeping is done for you. A donor advised fund also

allows you to obtain a tax deduction in the current

year without rushing the decision of where you want

the gift distributed. You will receive quarterly

statements on your fund detailing the earnings your

gift has accrued as well as any grants from your

fund that have been made.

This is a time of year when we should all be

mindful of the needs of our neighbors. Whether it is

a donation from your donor advised fund, a food

donation, purchase of a toy for a child in need,

signing up for a charitable payroll deduction or

writing a check, your generosity makes a difference!

Join all of us at the Community Foundation in

making the 2012 Giving Season a generous one.

On behalf of the entire Community Foundation

family, I wish you, your families and friends a

joyous holiday season!

Doug Wilson

Message fromthe President

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The Foundation honored area schools and educators with $45,000 in grants through the Foundation’s 2012

Education Awards Grant ceremony held November 8 at the Foundation’s Eastern Shore Nonprofit Support

Center in Salisbury.Education Awards are made annually in conjunction with National Education Week through a

competitive process to public and private schools on the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland. Grants are made tothose schools that have proposed innovative programs to benefit their students and communities.

The evening featured the joint awarding of the Eighth Annual Mary Gay Calcott Award of Excellence tothe Wicomico County TAD Program for their Historical Documentaries: Preserving the Past for the FutureProgram and Wicomico High School for the Promoting Positive Preschooler Development through Literacyand Art Program respectively. In addition to the Calcott Award, the Wicomico County TAD Program andWicomico High School each received $500 from the Foundation’s Mary Gay Calcott Memorial Fund.

Please visit www.cfes.org for a complete listing of the schools and their award-winning programs.

$45,000 in Education Grants Awarded to 18 Lower Shore School Programs

Leave a LegacyDeclare in writing your intent to make a deferredgift to the Community Foundation by will, trust,life insurance or other financial instrument thatcreates a lasting legacy which benefits thecommunity beyond your lifetime. We invite youto become part of our Legacy Society.

(Above) The Wicomico County TAD Program andWicomico High School each received the 2012Mary Gay Calcott Award of Excellence for themost creative education programs submitted thisyear for the Foundation’s Education AwardsGrant Program

(Left) Two Worcester County schools received2012 Education Award Grants

The Women’s

FundWomen’s Fund reception at Rowen’sMill in October. From (l to r) are:Joan Mulvanny, Lynn Gaul, NancyReddish, and Diane Heron

The Women’s Fund of the EasternShore is now one year old, but the commitmentlevel of women becoming involved has not abated.With over $130,000 raised to date, VisionaryFounders and donors have seen their contributionsput to work through the seven local nonprofitorganizations that have benefited through grantsfrom this fund.

Please join us by becoming a Visionary

Founder or consider a gift to the Women’s Fund inyour year-end giving. We’re just getting started inmaking a difference in the lives of women and girlson the Eastern Shore and have a long way to go!For additional information, please visitwww.cfes.org or call BJ Summers or Erica Joseph at410-742-9911.

I chose to continue living on the Eastern Shoreafter my retirement because, quite simply, I fell in love

with the place. I enjoy the weather, the people, the

community spirit, the nonprofit organizations, the

excellent hospital and the high level educational

institutions. I feel so proud of our region and everything

it has to offer.

I give because it feels so good. I am in awe of thepassion and diligence the nonprofit community

demonstrates, every day. I appreciate the extraordinary benefits they offer the community. They are here

for us – I feel I need to be here for them in some small way.

I enjoy contributing to a group effort like the Women’s Fund of the Eastern Shore. My strongestcharitable passions are education and community strengthening. As women, we will be able to

accomplish so much more together than any one of us could do individually. That's exciting to me.

I am very grateful to be able to do my charitable giving through the Community Foundation. I make one large gift annually to our donor advised fund. Then throughout the year, I am able to request

grants as appropriate. It is easy and efficient, and the staff is so cheerful and helpful. I would encourage

all of you to become involved in charitable giving – it feels good!

Community Foundationsupports philanthropy in manyways, as evidenced by the morethan 500 funds that make up theCommunity Foundation. Donorsentrust us with their charitablefunds, knowing that we can helpthem invest in the Lower EasternShore today—and forever.Several new charitable fundshave been created at theCommunity Foundation sinceour last newsletter.

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Emilie Robinson. I do it for my community.

New Charitable Funds Established

FOUR WAYS TO GIVE

Over the next year, the Pillar will focus onthe FOUR WAYS TO GIVE back to yourcommunity. Look for a specific page devotedto the following topics: OPEN A FUND,INVEST IN THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE,SUPPORT CFES, and CREATE A LEGACY.

This issue spotlights how to:.

1. Open a FundWould you like to involve your family in

your charitable giving? Or, maybe you’re asmall business or corporation that isinterested in streamlining your communitygiving. We invite you to find out why a donoradvised or other charitable fund is a taxadvantaged and convenient alternative.Funds at the Community Foundation canhelp you give back to your community,provide scholarships to worthy students,support a beloved organization or focus on aparticular interest.

At the Community Foundation, we havelots of options for your giving, and we canhelp you create a plan that fits your situation.Explore at www.cfes.org or give us a call!

Open a Fund1.

Diakonia Endowment

FundIn honor of Diakonia, Inc.’s 40thAnniversary, Pam & Macky Stansell,Ray Shockley and Jack & AnnCalloway made it possible forDiakonia, Inc. to establish apermanent endowment fund at theCommunity Foundation. This fundwill provide annual income tosupport their good works in thecommunity.

James M. BennettClass of ’66Scholarship

The first graduating class of JamesM. Bennett (JMB) High establisheda fund to honor their class andassist JMB High School studentswith scholarships.

LJT & AssociatesCharities Fund

An aeronautical engineering firmbased in Wallops, Marylandestablished a corporate donoradvised fund to support charitableneeds in the local community.

1OPENA FUND 3SUPPORTCFES 4CREATE ALEGACY2INVESTIN THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE

4-Ways to Give Back...Explore at www.cfes.org or give us a call!

GRANT OPPORTUNITIESThe Community Foundation invites qualified

nonprofit organizations to apply for these three

grant programs:

•Community Needs Grants: Support

charitable programs benefiting Somerset,

Wicomico, and Worcester Counties. Deadline

is February 1.

•Education Awards Grants: Support for

classroom-based programs in public/private

schools in Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester

Counties. The deadline is August 2013.

•Small Grants: Support to address a wide

range of needs including pilot projects,

emergencies, organizational improvement,

capacity building and equipment purchases.

Copies of grant guidelines and application

forms are available from the Foundation office

or from our website at www.cfes.org.

We appreciate the support of our sponsors.

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ShoreCAN by the Numbers

Number of Nonprofit Partners 111

Number of Active Volunteer Opportunities 100

Number of Active Volunteers 608

Number of Volunteer Referrals 526

MISSION OF THE

ShoreCAN Volunteer CenterTo engage citizens to help meet

community needs through service and volunteerism.

Make a Difference Leadership Academy Generated Projects and Engaged Volunteers

The Make a Difference Leadership Academy (MDLA) culminated in late October on Make a DifferenceDay—the National Day to Help Others with two final community projects in Westover and Salisbury.

Driven by ShoreCAN’s MDLA, the program was an exciting opportunity for aspiring volunteer leaderson the Lower Eastern Shore to develop a communityproject to be completed on or before Make a DifferenceDay in October.

Since the program’s inception this summer, theMDLA generated eight service projects and served over300 people through the ShoreCAN Volunteer Center.

Pictured below (l to r) are: Alexis Dashield,service project organizer, ShaWuan Edwards,DaWuan Edwards, and Laverne Harmon,volunteers, at the “Preserving our Past for theFuture” service project at the Mt. CalvaryUnited Methodist Church in Fruitland,Maryland. Mrs. Dashield and Ms. Harmonwere ShoreCAN Volunteer Leadership Academyparticipants

Chesapeake Housing Mission volunteersgathered to build a handicap ramp at aresidence in Westover, MD. Pictured (l to r)are: Chesapeake Housing Mission volunteersJoe Flanagan, Ross Leisten, Kimmy Hildrith,and Rachel Leisten

2013NonprofitResource

Day

We are excited to announce the 2013 Nonprofit Resource Day is scheduled forThursday, January 17. This annual event is a great opportunity for nonprofitprofessionals to participate in informative seminars taught by industry leaders. This year,the event topic is: Board Excellence.

The program is scheduled for 10:00 - 1:30 p.m. with location still to be determined.Lunch is included for a $30 registration fee. Space is limited—consider registering early!Visit www.cfes.org for more information and to register!

Foundation Announces

NEW MEMbER ToboARd oF diRECToRS%

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The Community Foundationannounced a new member toits board of directors at theFoundation’s Annual Meetingand Report to the Communityon Friday, November 2 at theFountains Conference Centerin Salisbury.The new board member is

Thomas K. Coates, an Attorney with the Law Firm ofCoates, Coates, & Coates, P.A. and a former Certified PublicAccountant. Actively involved in the community, Thomas sitson the Board of Trustees for the Peninsula Regional MedicalCenter and serves as a member with the HumphreysFoundation. He also served as the Chairman of AtlanticGeneral Hospital. An avid outdoorsman, Thomas enjoysplaying golf, skiing and hunting. He lives in Berlin with hiswife Cathi.

Life Crisis Center provides qualitytreatment and services and helps childvictims to just be kids—two things thatare necessary for healing the effects ofabuse. The K.I.D.D. Fund benefitschildren who reside at the shelter and/orchildren who are in nonresidentialtreatment. The fund is for thosepurchases that need to be made so kidscan be just like other kids.

It is the important work that LifeCrisis Center does in our communitythat influenced the members of theWomen’s Fund of the Eastern Shore tosupport the organization’s K.I.D.D. Fundwith a $5,000 check. The funds willsupport therapy and activities for abusedgirls and their mothers.

“The Life Crisis Center is keeping someone alive every day,” said Michele Hughes, ExecutiveDirector of Life Crisis Center. Hughes continues, “We can react quickly because we have theresources at our fingertips.”

Please contact Michele Hughes, Executive Director, at 410-749-0774 to support the K.I.D.D.Fund or for more information.

Life Crisis Center:MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN CHILDREN’S LIVES

During a Women’s Fund Reception in June, LifeCrisis Center, Inc. receives a check for $5,000 from theWomen’s Fund of the Eastern Shore. From (l to r)are: Debbi Anderson, Co-Chair, Women’s FundAdvisory Committee; Michele Hughes, ExecutiveDirector, Life Crisis Center, Inc.; Brynne Moore,Development Director, Life Crisis Center, Inc., and BJSummers, Visionary Founder, Women’s Fund andCFES Donor Relations Officer

2012 Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon

From (l to r) are:Bob Cook, Wayne Strausburg, Marilyn and Marty Neat, First Shore FederalPresident and Cheryl Young. First Shore Federal is a sponsor of the CFES AnnualReport and Annual Meeting

PNC Bank is a generous sponsor of the CFES Annual Report and RichardA. Henson Award for Nonprofit Excellence. From (l to r) are: Kelly Rew,Jennifer Joseph, Mark Blackmer, Amy Pusey, and Kelly Drexler

From (l to r) are: Jim Morris, CFES Board Member, Roscoe Leslie, attorney andDave Vorhis, CFES Board Member

Bill Johnston and his wife Carolyn Johnston, CFES BoardMember, with Mary Gladys Jones

Don Taylor, CFES Board Chairpresented the Chairman’s Award toJames Bergey for his service to theFoundation

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b o A R d o F d i R E C T o R SDonald K. Taylor, Chair

Melody S. Nelson, Vice ChairJames R. Thomas, Jr., SecretarySusan K. Purnell, Treasurer

Dr. Douglas Wilson, President

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In honor of Diakonia’s 40th Anniversary,Pam & Macky Stansell, Ray Shockley andJack & Ann Calloway made it possible forDiakonia, Inc. to establish a permanent endowment fund at the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore(CFES). This fund will provide annual income to support their good works in the community.

Diakonia Endowment Fund

Just a reminder! If you move and would like to continue receiving a copy of the quarterly Pillar newsletter, please give us a call or email us with your new address.

The holiday season is filled withactivity and sometimes thenumber of obligations canoverwhelm even the mostcommitted of seasonal celebrants.In terms of year-end charitablegiving, donor advised funds cansimplify your life and it’s not toolate to start.

Many individuals and businesses find that aCommunity Foundation donor advised fund offersseveral advantages. It’s the easiest charitable fund tostart and the most flexible way to give.

Starting a donor advised fund allows you to

A b o u T o u R F o u N d A T i o N

The Community Foundation is the only tax-exemptpublic foundation dedicated for all time to improvingthe quality of life in Somerset, Wicomico and Worcestercounties. By accepting, managing and investing giftswisely, we act as a funding resource for both presentand future generations. 410-742-9911

C o M M u N i T y F o u N d AT i o N S T A F F

Dr. Douglas Wilson, President

Erica N. Joseph, Director of Programs andDevelopment

David A. Plotts, Controller

Elizabeth “BJ” Summers, Donor Relations Officer

Anne M. Schoolcraft, Marketing and PublicRelations Officer

Sharon L. Dickson, CPA, Finance Officer

Heather R. Towers, Assistant Program Officer &ShoreCAN Volunteer Center Coordinator

Patt J. Strausburg, Office Administrator

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From (l to r) are: Jack Calloway, FundRepresentative for Samuel R. & Evelyn Q.Coffin Fund; Tom Wilson, BoardChairman, Diakonia, Inc.; Claudia Nagle,Executive Director, Diakonia, Inc.; MackyStansell, Donor; Doug Wilson, President,CFES; Pam Stansell, Donor; and RayShockley, Fund Representative, Samuel R.& Evelyn Q. Coffin Fund

make a charitable gift throughthe Foundation and then remaininvolved in suggesting uses foryour gift. You receive tax benefitsimmediately, but you can decidelater which charities you want toreceive gifts—after the busyholiday season.

You can set up a donor advisedfund in your name, in the name of a business, or inhonor of any person or organization you choose. TheCommunity Foundation handles all theadministrative details and issues grants to charitiesin your name from the fund, when you’re ready!

Key gift deadlines to remember:• Transfer of stock – Dec. 21• Postmarked – Dec. 31To learn more about how adonor advised fund may be theanswer for you, contact theFoundation at 410-742-9911 orvisit our website at www.cfes.org.